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Kindergarten. Now with homework.
My five year old is pretty well adjusted. He can dress himself, build Lego rocket ships, talk in full (if bizarre) sentences and wipe his own bottom - all pretty much the standard requirements for a...
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Gone Fishin.' Or on stike. Whatever.
I can't seem to stay offline, even when we're supposed to be on strike to protest SOPA. So, in case any of my 3 readers check in, I'm not here today.
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Man, starting a bidness is hard!
First, there's the procrastination factor. As in, yes, sure, I could get another couple hours in on this prototype while The Kid is lost in Legoland, but dinner isn't going to cook itself. And really...
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3 new things
I feel like I've been stuck in a rut for a while, but that's really just because the startup phase of a new business is hard, and my daily routine still revolves around making...
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Omer NOMers
Updated:You can buy these online at my shopShipping is free, if you live in the U.S.Ta-da! I'm finally ready to show off what I've been playing with for the last couple of months:Based on an idea from...
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Spring is here
And I am sooooo ready to start planting. Now if only the weather would cooperate...
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Bribery and Threats, the Essence of Good Parenting
I'm bribing my son to help with Pesach cleaning with the promise of matzah granola. Thank goodness he's so easy to bribe.
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Getting old sucks.
Sorry for the lack of posting. We were out of town for the whole of Passover, and then I turned into an 80-year-old woman. No, really.First of all, if you have never before spent Passover on the road...
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Mother's Day: don't diss your local rapper
Though of course it's not PC, in most hetero households the woman does the majority of all household work, from cleaning and cooking to childcare and running errands, even when she has a full-time paid...
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I did it, you stupid m----r f-----r!
I love Teacher Tom, for many reasons. A new one today is his post on art education, in which he gives the best description of the creative process I've ever read:"I had no idea if it was even possible...
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Channeling Gloria Gaynor
I had four different post ideas all worked up for the last couple of weeks and then my aunt died, so instead I've been on the road with my mother and sorting through flower-print sweatshirts and...
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Whistle Pigs
A few days into our "vacation" (aka visiting relatives) I called our neighbor to ask how the cats were doing."They're fine," she said, "but we didn't realize they were working cats.""?""Well, since...
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Get Off My Lawn!
With Bad Cohen about to head back for another term teaching undergrads that yes, music existed before 50 Cent, we both snorted our way through this excellent commentary on this year's "Beloit College...
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Stay at home crazy person
In a former life, post-college, I used to create analyses of HIV-patient progression in relation to treatment regimens. It was interesting, not just because of the data, but also because of the...
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As campaign theme songs go
... this one's not bad for Ryan/Romney. Tim Minchin would probably even let them use it!
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Warm chili on a cold day
There is something very satisfying, after braving the cold rain and bad parking around the museums, to sitting down with your short person and enjoying a nice hot cup of chili while he stuffs his face...
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The uprising
Although they napped for 20 hours a day, when the feline uprising finally occurred, it happened quickly. There's only so much they can take, after all.
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From famine to front lawns
Suburban houses look like this: because of this: In the 1840s, the monoculture potato plantings across Ireland (and elsewhere in Europe) were stricken by a black rot, the fungusphytophthora infestans....
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Hipster Halloween - it's not about the kids
I do like to mock hipsters, but sometimes they just make it too damn easy.Seriously, my kid wants to go as Batman. While I usually think every parent and family should make its own choices, if your 6...
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Mi Casa es Su Shoebox
This remarkable house in Warsaw, half art installation, half studio, was created for Israeli writer Etgar Keret, whose mother once had to cross a bridge between two ghettos in the same spot. Worth a...
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It could have been us
I have a 6-year old first grader.Every day that he goes to school, I rely on his teachers and staff to keep him safe, as well as to educate him. But I also rely on the law enforcement, emergency...
View ArticleFisking the gun argument
A friend who keeps a gun at home "for safety" posted a link to Sam Harris' blog about why he likes his guns and thinks it's silly to give them up. It is, in short, asinine. I'll summarize the first bit...
View ArticleDecision Fatigue: Snaps Edition
I had a breakdown yesterday after spending half an hour in a fabric store trying to decide whether to buy snaps.We're living on a ridiculously low income right now, while Bad Cohen is in grad school....
View ArticleWhy I Love Video Games
The Kid has a habit of leaving his room a "creative" mess, with Legos strewn everywhere from his latest building project. I can relate - my study requires a periodic whirlwind cleanup to excavate...
View ArticleLean Back
I'm tired of feeling guilty for being unambitious.You know what, Sheryl Sandberg? You're a freak. Even Penelope Trunk admits it, and she's usually my go-to source for feeling lame in my career.The...
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